Advance entries can be made by post on the form provided – payment must be enclosed with all postal entries. Team leaders making bulk entries on behalf of their clubs should use the HRM Where team entries have been made in advance with the HRM, they may be paid as a single sum on the day without incurring a late fee. Please state the Team Leader’s name and contact details in the covering email Deadline for advance entries: Thursday 9th July 2015Under 18s must be booked in by an adult (e.g. parent or appointed Team Leader) who is able to take responsibility for their participation. Send HRM files to: hasler@﻿StortfordCanoe.org.uk

Under 18s must be booked in by an adult (e.g. parent or appointed Team Leader) who is able to take responsibility for their participation.

Organiser

Gary Aldam (01279 755089 / 07900 051951)

Cards

British Canoeing membership (or Junior Section membership) is required to participate. If details (including expiry date) are not on the HRM, a membership card must be shown. Otherwise, an Event Ticket (Competition Insurance) can be purchased (once only). Junior Section membership is not valid for Divisions 1-6.

Rules

The race will be run under the current BC Marathon Racing Committee rules

Numbers

Vertical number boards are required for boats in divisions 1-9 with numbers marked in black tape.

Safety

All participants must be capable of swimming 50m in racing clothing. Footwear should be worn by all participants. All paddlers other than those ranked in divisions 1-6 must wear buoyancy aids (as described in MRC rules), and all paddlers under age 16 in higher divisions are strongly advised to do so. Any paddler who has a medical condition or other pre-disposition that could compromise their safety on the water is required by BSCC to wear a buoyancy aid at all times whilst on the water; it is the responsibility of the paddler (or the adult responsible for them) to ensure that they do so. Any Team Leader who becomes aware that a member of their team is not wearing a buoyancy aid when they should be doing so is expected to automatically ban the team member from getting on the water until they have complied.Canoeing/Kayaking is an “Assumed risk – Water contact sport” that may carry attendant risks. Participants and people with parental/legal responsibility for a participant should be aware of and accept these risks, and be responsible for their own action and involvement.

BSCC may take and use photographs of the event to promote the club and the sport. This will be done in accordance with the current British Canoeing Guidelines for Use of Photographic and Filming Equipment

Race HQ

Riverside Pavilion (07401 878781)

Facilities

Changing rooms & showers available in the Riverside Pavilion (1st floor – access via exterior staircase). Public toilets available on the ground floor.

BSCC reserves the right to alter any of these arrangements without prior notice should the weather, river or other circumstances warrant it. Please ensure a contact number is included with your booking.

All races start from a point downstream of the playing fields at Riverside Park.

Lightnings turn at Hartford Marina and finish where they started.Div 7-9 turn at Hartford Marina (Turn 1 buoy), return past start and under road bridges, bear left and continue to Godmanchester Lock (Turn 4 buoy).Div 4-6 portage Houghton Mill lock and turn at a buoy (Turn 2 buoy), portage back over Houghton Mill lock, past start and under road bridges, bear left and continue to Godmanchester lock (Turn 4 buoy)Div 1-3 portage Houghton Mill lock and again (just beyond Turn 2 buoy) into a back channel. Follow the back channel to where it re-joins main river. Turn immediately after passing under St Ives Old Bridge (Turn 3, no buoy). Return by the same route taking care to enter the back channel (just before Hemingford Grey Lock) and then take the left fork. Portage back to the main river and through Houghton Mill lock. Pass start and under road bridges, bear left and continue to Godmanchester lock (Turn 4 buoy).All Hasler divisions turn at Turn 4 finish at a point slightly upstream of the Riverside car park.